As I recall, setting a column's width to zero works pretty well for hiding it. I haven't tried this recently.
Tracy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deepa Subramaniam Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Hiding a datgrid column Yes - You would want to do listen to your checkbox's click event and then programmatically add or remove columns by using the API provided by the DataGrid component. Below is something very simple and not too reusable, but you get the point.. <mx:Script> import mx.controls.gridclasses.*; var dp:Array = [{label:"label1", data:"data", bool:true}, {label:"label2", data:"data", bool:true}, {label:"label3", data:"data", bool:false}, {label:"label4", data:"data", bool:false}]; public function changeDGCols(e):Void { if (e.target.selected) { var col:Object = new DataGridColumn("bool"); dg.addColumnAt(0, col); } if (!e.target.selected) { dg.removeColumnAt(0); } } </mx:Script> <mx:CheckBox label="show boolean column" click="changeDGCols(event);"/> <mx:DataGrid id="dg" dataProvider="{dp}" width="200"> <mx:columns> <mx:Array> <mx:DataGridColumn columnName="label" /> </mx:Array> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> -deepa -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of yaagcur Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Hiding a datgrid column Is there any wasy that a user can determine which columns are shown in a datagrid via, say, a check box control -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
